Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) polls just one point Democratic challenger Russ Feingold in the latest Marquette Law School poll of the U.S. Senate race in Wisconsin, a race that previously leaned heavily in the Democrat’s favor.
Feingold still leads the poll by a single-point margin, 45-44, with Libertarian Phil Anderson trailing at 3 percent.
The Republican senator showed signs that he was approaching Feingold’s lead in Marquette’s early October poll, where Feingold led by two points in both the head-to-head and third-party matches. But at the same time, a Monmouth University poll from mid-October showed the former Democratic senator ahead by eight points.
The Marquette University poll was conducted Oct. 26-31 among 1,255 likely Wisconsin voters via live telephone interview, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percent.
TPM’s PollTracker Average for the U.S. Senate election in Wisconsin shows Feingold leading Johnson, 47.7 to 43.6.
What the hell is wrong with Wisconsin?